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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1887-10-08

Notwithstanding all the strikes and
lock outs. the wages of sin have not been
cut down.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1887-10-08

The actual cost Of the Imperieuse, one
of the lat1st built British ironclads, was
50, ,801, ,62ts exclusive Of the cost Of arm
ament.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1887-10-08
Board of Education.

John D. Guerin, Stephen Pierson, Geo
w. COLES, H. A. Freeman. Joseph II. Van
Doren, Frank II. Fairchild, E. O. Peck
Enoch L. Caskey, F. j. Richters.
John D. Guerin, President; Edward c.
I.uon SacrafarV.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-09-15
Employing a Fly.
youths Compauion.J

Flies have a wonderful scent If a
piece of decayed meat is placed in an
open place where there are no flies, it will
not be long before troop of flies will be
crawling over it. An ingenious man once
made fly serve him.
A poisoned rat had crawled under the
floor Of a gentleman's dining-room and
died there. The room, which had been
fitted up at great expense, became unin-
habita ole and workwen were called in
to remove the flooring.
But one of them suggested that if a
blue bottle ny should be turned into the
room it would find the exact spot where
the dead rat was lying The fly, being
caught and turned in, buzzed about the
room for some time. At last it alghed
upon certain spot on the floor, and re-
manned there
There's where your dead rat is" the
workman said a single board was re-
moved, aud the rat was exposed to view.
The fly had scented the body through the
crack in the floor
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-09-15
Beauties of Castle Canon.


Supposing that we had seen the best
passed the Black canon with its wonderful
Curvecauti needle, we settled back in our
seats to ponder over it all, falling at last
into quiet chat, when suddenly the Castle
Gate doomed grandly up before US This
forms the entrance to Castle anon and
consists of two splendid reddish eli g
stretching up to distance of between 100
and 500 feet, one on either hand, between
which the locomotive finds its way as
through colossal portcullised wall.
Through this marvellous gateway we pass
into another scene no less beautiful and
rare though perhaps not so studendous in
character as the Black canon.
Here the imagination may run riot
easily, if knowledge be but set aside, the
quick fancy perceiving castles with tur-
rets shooting far up into the clear sky,
and moat and bastion and Notifications
plainly visible. Indeed the imaginative
person must need pinch himself in order
to realize that in truth these rock ribbed
walls are not the ruins of grand old castles
occupied by feudal barOns centuries agone.
Particularly is the illusion heightened by
the regular stratifcation of the rocks,
layer upon layer horizontally at regular
intervals. as if the hand of man had de
signed them all. The entrance from the
beautiful Spanish Fork canon into the
smiling valley of Utah is particularly
pleasing, and the sight of tab lake,
lying far away so placid in the distance,
produces a peculiarly restful sensation.
And when at last the pretty city of Salt
Lake, nesting among the mountains
merges into view, the scene is complete.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-09-15

tChiraIo Herald Train Talk. u
Boys will be boys, observed a trav.
eler from the south, "and | guess 10
doesn't make much difference whether
they are white or black. city or country.
Down where / have been in Florida
there's little black boy hanging about
the place, and he is the LATEST chap
ever w. He is almost too lazy to eat.
He sleeps two-thirds of the time and
doesn't get more than half awake the
other two-thirds He has no ambition to
do anything but snooze and get enough
grub to keep him from hunger
I" a few days before | left [ was taking
a walk down by the shore of the bayou,
when l heard a scream Rushing into
the tall grass and weeds that fringe the
water l saw the most horrible sight my
eyes ever beheld. That colored boy was
hanging with his hands TO a sapling and
his feet were in the mouth of huge ali
gator. 1t was plain to me that the picka-
niuny had been asleep and the gator had
crawled up and seized him. [ was so hor.
rifed that it seemed as if my heart would
refuse to beat | wouldn look uDon such
a spectacle again for $40 600. It drove
me finally wild. 1 had no weapon, and as
you may imagine | was frantic. 1t is my
firm belief that the sight of that gator
with his awful avs upon the poor boys
feet knocked an even ten years out IF my
life
But did you succeed in saving the
boy"
"He didn't need any saving. The little
rascal was as safe as you are this minute.
As l seized & fence rail and rushed up to
beat the reptile over the head that boy
grinned at me in delight. on see. the
alligator was a dead one. and the picka.
ninny had gone down there and stuck his
feet in his mouth and hOllered when he
saw me walking his way l guess the
ATTEST kid that ever lived was not too
lazy to play prank s"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-09-15
A Reporters Valuable Suggestion.
philadelphia Press

The Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage, when in
town the other day, said that he owed
much of his success in life to the sugges-
ton of a newspaper reporter. He was en-
gagged to lecture in Baltimore several years
ago, and just before he was to begin his
discourse the newspaper man, who had
been sent to report the address, inquired
in an off hand way:
We'll, DIR. Talmage. are you going to
give US many points to night2"
Points?" repeated the clergyman.
"Points?"
"Yes. replied the reporter, you won't
get much space to morrow unless your
lecture is full of good points that the pa
per can't afford to leave out
Il thought very deeply over the report
er's words, " said Dr. Talmage, in telling
the story, land 1 saw that they were full
of sound wisdom. Since that time have
always endeavored to make my lectures
and sermons and literary work briste
with points'-that is to say. with striking
thoughts and phrases.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-09-15
A scOtchman aud the Queen.
fChiCa1O Times

a good joke is going the rounds with
respect to so9tch eG Pi who has been re,
had "the Draw laddie" in tow, carefully
enjoined that he was to take the queen 8
hand and raise it reverently to his lips
All this he promised to do but at the
critical moment he forgot his lesson, and
Selling the queen hand, gave it fervid
shake, exclaiming: Many thanks. your
majesty; many thanks Sir Richard
nearly tainted with horror, but the queen
laughed good-naturedIy, and thanked him
for his hearty gratitude
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-09-15
A Question of Manners.

Omaha Mamma reading)-"May the angels
a5ower blessings upon you forever and ever"
Is the way japanese salutes fellow couu-
tryman on every occasion.
Little Dick-Why, mamma, do the Japan
csc have angels"
II suppose so, dear"
: swell, 1 hope won't meet any japanese
angels when die"
"Why, Dick, what difference would it
makes"
S,@Id be sure to laugh" Omaha World.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-09-15
The Bigness of London.
New York Tribune

London increases its population by 49,
600 every year. 1t has l 900 ships and
20. 600 sailors in its port every day. Its
beer shops and liquor saloons would. if
placed side by side, form a row seventy
eight miles long Thirty-eight thousand
drunkards are brought before its magis-
trates every year. and every Sunday
seventy miles of open shops invite the
purchaser to enter.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-09-15

Miss satan san.

The first japanese woman to enter jour
nalism is named 'Satan San" If the male
Journalists of that section are as willing to
give her fair chance as all of them are in
Ehis country, she will soon be happy enough
30 change her meme. Boston Globe.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-09-15
Niagara's Power.

A scientific journal in England esti-
mates that it would take capital of 3d.
900, 900 to successfully divert the vast
power of Niagara Falls to useful pur-
poses.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-02
CROPS.
No Material Change in tho Condition o.
Wheat and Corn

No Material Change ia tho Condition of
Hheat ana Corn.
CHICAGO. III, Aug. 28.-The Farmer S
Review will print the following crop sun
mary IN this weeks report: Reports now
indioate, as expected, that only the late
planted corn has been materially bene-
fitted By the recent rains.
The average yie.d OF winter wheat in
the different states, as shown by the re-
turns by our crop reporters is as follows
Sixteen Illinois Couu les liz bushels, ten
Wisconsin counties Is 10 bushels,
ten Indians counties Il % bushels,
thirteen Michigan counties u bushels,
thirteen Ohio counties Is SIS bushels,
eleven Missouri counties 20 S-ll bushels
and eleven Kansas counties Is I'll
bushels.
The average yield Of spliDg wheat in
The different states is as follows: Seven
teen counties in Iowa III bushels, seven
counties in Minnesota 10 bushels and
nine Nebraska counties 10 9 bushels.
The average yield OF oats in the diff
terent states as shown by threshing re-
turns from our reporters is as follows:
Eighteen Illinois counties 80 IS bushels,
ten Wisconsin counties SOB bush
els, eleven Missouri counties
So gil bushels, twelve Kansas counties
% Is bushels, twenty-five Iowa coun-
ties 81 l0-ll bushels, seven Minnesota
counties 81 ! bushels, and line Nebraska
counties 29 2 . bushels.
The average condition Of the corn crop
IN the states reporting is as follows
Seventeen counties in Illinois report an
average in the crop of 81 : per cent, ten
counties IN Wisconsin 10 per cent, ten
counties in Indiana 81 per cent, ,
twelve counties in Michigan 50
per cent, thirteen coun:i-s in Ono
- per cent, nine counties il Missouri
- per cent, nine counties in Kansas
- ) per cent, twenty-five counties in
Iowa ~ per cent, nine Minnesota
counties - per cent, and ten Nebraska
counties Ga per cent
Pastures are now doing well and the
prospect for feed is consequently better.
There is no change to be noted regard
ing the potato and spple CROPS.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-02
ON their fine lands at the point of the |

ON their fine lands at the point of the
nayonet and settled in Ut.h. but returned
II Western Co!orsJo with sixty brav. 5
and their families. IL used to 20 10 the
agency, however, when the annu:ties
were Distributed and claim his share.
Since 1850, Mr.. Sylvester says, Colorow
has been adding to his following from the
dissatisfied Utes Of different tribes. He
Is warrior, and will die lighting. Col
GROW, MIR. Sylvester believes. took part
IN the frigh'ful Meeker massacre a. the
White River agency. Among his $3.50
clates was Captain Jack who, when g
prisoner, was ordered &c leave his tent,
and upon his refusal was flown cut of
Ms tent ard out Ct existence a. the same
tine with mountain howI;zer. Colorow,
and lis oand, Mr., Sylvester says, are good
lighters, and are supplied with excellent
ar1s. In tie lavl beds they could resist
q large body d troops fJr G long time.
Col )rOW used to ylsi. Denver often, and
On ole occasion went to Governor Nc
Cooks Office and became rather insolent.
Governor McCO0k settled the Indian
question right there; he kicked C0lGrow
out Of his Office and down fight Of stairs
into the street, Introducing style Of war
fare with which The huge savage was not
familiar
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-02
ORIGINAL THINGS.

where Some Practical Articles Were First
Introduced to the World.
The first house ever numbered in LQu-
don was one abutting east Of Northum-
berland House, Strand
The first advertisements known of in
EngIaud were in the shape of small bills
affixed to the doors Of St. Psul's church.
TIE hrs: play bill issued from Drury
Lsne The&ter was on April S, 1868, the
piece represented being ''The Humor Gus
Lieutenant
The first royal letter was written by
Henry '. to the Bishop OF Durham, FEB
ru2ry 10, l4lS.
The first book containing musical
characters was issued in 1875 from the
press of the celebrated "WyLken de
Wo-de"
gives EI5, Is. II. as the stipend Of
Thomas L;ttleson, Judge Of the Kings
The model of the first English steam
vessel was laid before tle board OF ad-
miralty in 1889.
The first Italian lsdy who sang in pub
III IL L-u --LdIlE HGS T AhINtSNA AA1l ---Cl u
de PE2ine, who appeared in various
operas in 1893.
The first striking clock was imported
into Europe by the Per2ians about the
year A ID. 500. !. was brought as g pres
ent 20 CdarIemagne from AbdeIIs, King
OF Persia, by two monks Of jerusalem
Tae first English newspaper was the
English Mrrcury, issued in the reign O
OF q pam ohIet. The GsZatts OF Venice
was the original model Ct the modern
newspaper.
The first bread WAS made by the Greeks,
and TIE first windmiIIs by tle S4racens
Furnpikes were originated in 1861, the
sum of one penny having to be paid for
each wagon passing through 8 certain
manner.
The first toll for the repair OF English
highways was imposed in the reign o
Edward Ill, and was for repairing the
road between 81. g les ard Temple Bar.
Toe h-st Lord Mayors show was in
1913, end Sir John Shaw was the 1i,st
that held g feast in the Guildhan, 1901
The Earl OF Arundel Temp. Charles
was the first person who brought over ~
England from Italy the new way Ct build
ing with bricks.
SuInames were first adopted in the
reign Of Edward the Confessor.
The first lea Of electricity was given
oy the friction of two globes Of quick
silver IN the year lG41.
Linen was first made IN England in
1865, and only worn by the luxurious.
The first glass window in England was
one put uo n en- a09ey about ESQ. Glass
Windows, however, did not become gen
eral for msD7 hundred years, end SIS late
as IJ77 the eiass easements al AIQw.ck
Css'Ia, the Duke of Northum berIana's
sest, were regularly taken down wlen
the family "eIe aWsy from home
The first record We have OF coal is
about 800 years before the Christian ers.
Coal was used in England IS fuel as early
IS c52, and in 1884 the first charter 10 dig
for il was granted by Henry III. to the in.
habitants Of Newcastle on-Tyne.
The first English Almanac was brought
out at Trinity college, Cambridge, inI
l347, and the first printed almanac sp-
peared in London about hundred years
later.
The first balloon was made by Jesuit
about 1920. The idea wss revived in
France by NJ. Montpelier in 1888, and
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-02
MONEY IN ABALE OF COTTON.


Four Hundrsdsand Eleven Dollars in the
Middle OF a Bale of Cotton.
Special to the Gazette.
HOUSTON, TEX. Aug 25.-This after
noon stevedore named Louis Fisher,
employed st the Bayou City Compress,
while cutting open 8 bale Of cotton pre-
vious to COMPRISING II, discovered let
ter in the middle of the bale addressed to
J. Leopold 4 Co, Baltimore, Id. The
letter was unsesled and contained SAL
in currency. Fisher took the letter to
Postmaster Buns who opened i. ard
found it was from j. II. Erro, E farmer
Of Lee county. Tne letter was sent to
Mr.. Emo to night by mail. The suppose
ton Is that the letter accidentally fell from
Mr.. ETno's pocket in the bale during the
original baling Of the cotton.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-02
A NARROW ESCAPE.
Three Hundred Men In q Pennsylvania
Mine When Dem Breaks.

Three Hundred Men In q Pennsylvania
Mine When a Dem Bresk1.
WILKEsBARRE, Pa, Aug. % Three
hundred men employed ST No stopeiof
the SusquehAnne Coal Company at Nsnti-
coke. had I narrow escape with their
lives yesterday. This large array OF men
were engaged in mining coal in the low
est vein in the mine when great volume
CT water stored in enc of the upper ems
broke through into the gangway WI ere
the men were at work. By the aid Of
electric alarms the men all through the
mines were made aware # the danger in
store for them, and q rush was made for
the openings. All succeeded in making
their escape, but many Of the older men
ant young boys were knocked down and
trampled upon. Before the last man had
cot ont the waters hal incre ased 10 three
feet in depth in the main gangway, and
some of the men had 20 paddle their way
out. The mine Will rot oe able 10 re
sumo operations until the water can be
pumped cut, which viii tske week or
more. Ninety mules perisned. TIE loss
TO the company will be considerable.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-02
Ths Woman with a Pretty Foot.

baLIGOcC American.
The young ladies' have caught On TO
another new wrinkle this year. Most Of
the young ladies' wear heavy buckskin
shoes whenever necessity ccmpels them
to go near the beach, as they are said to
De more comfortable and durable than
kid boots. In order 10 make q respecta-
Die appearance at the hotel, they hail the
nearest b9ot-blsck after bathing hours.
The young lady il question puts ore
dainty-lockiEg foo. On Inc box, tucks up
her skirts, leans ler back against the
side OF one Of the 3ath'nouses and ap-
pears as unconscious g5ou. the matter as
if she had been used to i! al her life.
When the ordeal is over the boy taps his
COX, receives dime for MS work, aud the
maiden VIZ Ks through the gantlet OF men
with as mucA GOODNESS and composure as
an old war veteran.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-02
WHO COLQROW Is.
s- % tho Leader of the Indians-Big.
Ia, and sassy"

-
Fat aud sassy"
70. j. O., Special to Boston Ileralc
.1N IS SOC FOUNDER. Mr.. Il. II.
scr u ne police department, who
secretary Of the commission OF 1882,
---ss's Co.Orow very well. He is big,
2@1 SASSY" The present trouble,
=. st-'eStor said to 6 Star reporter,
Vas 81 The dissatisfaction felt by
les with the settlement Of
-.-a-tes several years ago.
10 le1a 4 hue and CIV was
~ Colorado settlers sgainst the
| NO t1en held some of the finest
~, vest of the mountains. They
!. :. lAe land, and wanted to Gust the
~ any cost, so they appealed to
.S stsSss' and Congress passed the bill
h. s,ag for q treaty. A commission
81 sal out, the Utes were given choice
IAN lands in Southern Utah, and,
Us to induce them to accept the
n,on, were granted certain annuities.
sr. NV" was one OF the first of the Utes
6t.ess dissatisfaction with tie effort
res the Utes of their rich lands.
YVES Tere, however, removed, driven
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-02

Mrs, John Brunger, wife of an old and
respected resident of Charlotte, Mich,
was out in her garden Wednesday cut
ting cucumbers from the vines. She
accidentally slipped and fell on the knife
she was using, the handle entering her
breast just above the heart, killing her
instantly,
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-02

introduced into England the fouowi-.
year.
Books in the present form were drst
made by AttaLus, King OF Bergsmus, N
s37.
Carriages were FIST introduced into
Englsnd in 1850, and were for 8 long time
used only for the convenience Of the sick
and OF ladies'
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-02

Daniel Spraker, president OF the Mo
hewk RIVER Bank st Fonda, y. Y, is
PROBABLY the oides: bank president in the
country. He hiss held his present posi-
ton stree the bank was founded in 49,.
He is noT Ttne'y years Of age and il IN =
very prea.1iau. stste q health. H nss
been olind sla deaf Tor some years, ou-
attended to the duties 81 the bank 10 10 3
few days ago.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-02

fAere are ninety-fve libraries in the
city OF New York, yet, according TO
the Norld, only ten or twelve are open
to tHe general public, or about 100000
.outot !, 1000 Boston and Cincinnati
are much In advance Of New York in the
9stter OF free circulating Libraries.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-02
a Texas Bishop Dead

SEwANEE, TENN, Aug. Fright Rev.
K. w. B. Elliott, bishop of Western Tex
as, died here last night after a protracted
illness.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-02

Hunts Cure for RiHgworns ssd Ecse-
ms, guaranteed ="
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-02
Fresh Eurnip Seed.

Headquarters fog turuip seed, all verie
ties, at Turner & MoCIure's.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-02

No cure, no pay, is the motto Of
Cnesthamg Chin Tonic.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-02

Ing that the cans are full, and then seal
as usual. OF course, the cans can not be
light the same as when sealed o., be-
cause the shrinksge While co0uug cause 5
q suction-so dom. fear If the cars leak,
SIS they certainly will s little. Nothing
can be finer than fruit thus put up 'for
the fairs 'and similar uses. For the table
We have decided to use pint cans, SO as
to eat the entire contents of g can when
first opened. Then one can count on
putting up strawberries, rasp5erries aad
olackberries and ind them good.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-10-22
A Metropolftam Match Seller.

Out of what trifles does poverty con-
trive to extract a living2 "a decently-
dressed man with one arm sold me some
fusees at a cent a box yesterday. !
asked him what he made on them and
he told me that he cleared two Gems ON
every five boxes. He sold from a hun
dred to a hundred and fifty boxes q day.
"And can you live on this9" l asked.
eyes, sir, said he cheerfully.99 az hire a
room for a dollar a week and cook for
myself. live and save money. I've
got a savings bank account, and please
God, I'll have a stand next winter if I
can get a permit" And he showed me
a bank book with a credit of fifty odd
dollars in fifty odd dollars filched
from his actual necessities out of an in
come greater than go cents a day.
New York News,
The Opelousas courier., 1887-10-22
PROGRESS In Teteo,aab,,.

Mr.. j. Fender, speaking at a dinner
I'D Londoa last month in celebration of
the jubilee of the electric telegraph, on
behalf Of s'The Present" said he would
tell them what submarine telegraphy
had done. Twenty years ago there was
only about 5000 miles of submarine
cable. There are now 115, 600 miles
which had cost something like $685.
900, 600 or e39, 900, 900. A prophecy
was made long ago that the earth was
to be girdled in forty minutes. We have
got as much submarine cable as would
90 round the earth five times. A mes
sage could be sent round the world in
twenty minutes at the present moment.
They might ask him where did all this
submarine telegraph extend to. In reply
he would say
Ear as the breeze can bear the pillows
foam
When the history Of those past fifty
years was written it would be shown
that teIegraphy and more especially sub
marine t~elegraphy, had done much to
confederate and spread civilization
throughout the world, and to have made
a. near = possible this great world Of
yrs > common country.